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March 07, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
James Hoyer paralegal Jan Brown and attorneys Jesse Hoyer and Sean Estes at the event It was a great day to support pro bono work in Hillsborough County Saturday at the Hillsborough County Bar Association’s 5K Pro Bono River Run and Judicial Pig Roast. James Hoyer Law Firm attorneys Jesse Hoyer and Sean Estes, along […]
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March 02, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
On February 29, 2016, Lockheed Martin Corporation and subsidiaries Lockheed Martin Energy Systems and Lockheed Martin Utility Services agreed to pay the United States $5 million to resolve allegations that they violated the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and, in misrepresenting their compliance with RCRA to the Department of Energy (DOE), knowingly submitted false […]
Learn MoreMarch 01, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The largest distributor of endoscopes and related equipment in the United States, Olympus Corporation, will pay $623.2 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to a scheme to pay kickbacks to doctors and hospitals, the Department of Justice announced today. The Justice Department’s Criminal Division also announced that a subsidiary of the distributor […]
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February 29, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The IRS Whistleblower Program’s annual report to Congress for FY 2015 shows the IRS paid more than $103 million to whistleblowers in FY 2015. That is a big increase, nearly doubling the amount in awards granted in FY 2014, which was $52 million. The IRS Whistleblower Program was revised and expanded by Congress in 2006. […]
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February 16, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Pfizer has agreed to pay $784.6 million to settle claims that it overcharged Medicaid for its heartburn medicine Protonix. The agreement marks one of the biggest settlements to date from drugmakers facing similar allegations, according to FiercePharma. In the case, in which the US Department of Justice joined a whistleblower lawsuit against Wyeth in 2009, the […]
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February 15, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Credit: Steve Petteway, Staff Photographer of the Supreme Court As reported around the world this weekend, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away of natural causes at the age of 79. Justice Scalia, who at the time of his death was the longest serving Supreme Court justice, was the most outspoken and arguably the most […]
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January 19, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Chris Hoyer interviewed by ABC I-team reporter Adam Walser Bringing down the mob in Tampa was one of most important jobs James Hoyer founding partners Bill James and Chris Hoyer tackled as federal prosecutors decades ago. It was a battle fraught with danger and one that Hoyer rarely talks about. He broke his silence in an interview […]
Learn MoreJanuary 13, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Nursing home therapy giant RehabCare has agreed to pay the government $125 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit alleging it knowingly caused facilities it contracted with to inappropriately bill Medicare for services. Money from the settlement will be returned to the taxpayers, under the False Claims Act. The FCA makes it possible for private citizens […]
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January 06, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
For the 2015 fiscal year, the United States Department of Justice reported that whistleblowers helped the government recover more than $3.5 billion for the fourth year in a row, bringing the total recoveries from January 2009 to the end of the fiscal year to $26.4 billion. While this amount is down from the 2014 record of $5.7 billion, […]
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December 07, 2015 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Updating on our previous post, on Friday, December 4th, the United States Supreme Court accepted certiorari in the case Universal Health Services v. United States ex rel. Escobar. As described by the ScotusBlog, the important issues related to qui tam liability presented to the High Court are: whether the “implied certification” theory of legal falsity under […]
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